Jean Monnet University

The University of Saint -Etienne and Jean Monnet University, the University of the French town of Saint- Étienne and was founded on 27 March 1969. The name of one of the founding fathers of the European Community, Jean Monnet, she took in 1989, ten years after his death. The University of Saint- Étienne is a public comprehensive university and had the academic year 2005/06, 14,002 students.

In addition to four campus in Saint- Étienne, the university also has a branch office in the city of Roanne, in the same department.

With ten other Saint- Étienner universities, the University has partnered with the Association Pôle universitaire de Saint purpose - Etienne.